Resistance

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Resistance may refer to:

* Antibiotic resistance, the ability of a microorganism to withstand the effects of an antibiotic

* Resistance to change, the manner in which a person appears to be unable or unwilling to adopt suggestions or explore avenues suggested by an authority figure or advisor.

In physics, a force that tends to oppose motion:

* Friction, the force that opposes the relative motion

* Air resistance, fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flow

* Geological resistance, a measure of how well minerals resist erosive factors

* Thermal resistance, a temperature difference

* Electrical resistance, a measure of the degree to which an object opposes the passage of an electric current

a Resistance movement, a non-military group or collection of individual groups fighting against foreign occupation:

* Resistance during World War II movement during World War II

* French Resistance, a notable example of a World War II Resistance movement

* Resistance (socialist youth organisation), a Marxist-oriented socialist youth organisation in Australia

other:

*the HMS Resistance a Royal Navy battleship 1859-1940

In fiction:

:*Resistance (V TV series), humans against an alien takeover in the V television series.

* Resistance Records, a white power music label

* Resistance welding, a group of welding processes

* , a first-person shooter for the PlayStation 3

* inner resistance

* Psychodynamic resistance

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